More on "new physics"

[F. Marc de Piolenc]

"James B. DiGriz" wrote:

> Thought that's what you meant. Wasn't aware that he had developed any
> actual new physics. I do know he was desparate for funds at the end and
> might have fallen prey to some embellishment and license. That he was
> arguably ill-treated might factor into it, too. Too bad his papers were
> spirited away and classified so we can't judge for ourselves, though.
> Look what government paranoia has engendered in this case.

I deeply doubt the stories about his papers having been "classified."
More likely, as he died in obscurity, his unpublished work simply ended
up in a trash bin. There is no reverence for, nor any desire to preserve
the work of, some dead pauper who is not the media darling du jour.

Marc de Piolenc